This is the first video in a new series, Gist Labs’ Experiments in Video.

I’m very happy to be joined by my friend Matt Roberts. Matt is a Senior Director of Software Engineering at CA Technologies and someone I respect as a true leader in addition to being a manager.

The topic for this cast is planning models, and how to arrange a plan either fundamentally in sequence or as a collaboration. This diagrams are essentially the same pictures I’ve drawn on dozens of white boards. Whether it’s work with teams struggling to get done-done within a sprint or programs struggling with cross-team dependencies, the picture is the same every time.

Please watch this short (less than 9 minute) video, share it with those who plan work for themselves or others, and comment on what you like or dislike about these ideas!

I had the good fortune to work with The InnovationGames® Company and record some videos on Agile and DevOps topics.

This video is Luke Hohmann and me being interviewed on the the selling and buying process for agile infrastructure and DevOps technology. The value proposition is based on speed and quality to production: